THIS story may not be all over the front page but, like Cerys Matthews sang, road rage is still in the news.

Britain has been named in a new survey as the road rage capital of the world, although Cerys will be pleased to learn that motorists are least likely to lose their cool in Wales.

The survey, carried out by motoring magazine Max Power, reveals that 87 per cent of people have been a road rage victim.

And a staggering 71 per cent admitted to having committed road rage themselves.

Motorists in the south of England are most likely to be affected, followed by the north and Scotland.

But only five per cent of motorists in Wales will suffer the anger of drivers.

The most common form of road rage is gesticulation, with 22 per cent of people surveyed saying they had been "given the finger".

This is something Cardiff lollipop lady Margaret Higgins MBE often has to put up with.

She has even been given training in anger management to deal with abusive drivers.

"On occasions I'm sworn at or given the finger sign but it doesn't worry me.

"But it's not nice for children who are around. It's not teaching them."

Margaret, who has worked as a lollipop lady for 30 years and patrols the route for Birchgrove Primary near the busy Gabalfa interchange, says road rage has got worse with the increase of cars on the road.

"I think people get all het up, they are dashing about and haven't got any time for anyone."

But road rage can have fatal consequences.

In 1996 Stephen Cameron was stabbed to death by Kenneth Noye on a motorway slip road in Swanley, Kent.

Noye fled to Spain but was arrested, extradited and jailed for life in 2000.